STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) Chris Youngblood had a season-high 23 points, including two free throws with 10.9 seconds remaining, to lead No. 4 Alabama to an 88-84 win over No. 14 Mississippi State on Wednesday night.
Youngblood made a career-best seven 3 pointers while Alabama made 15 of 31 from beyond the arc.
Mark Sears had 17 points for Alabama (18-3, 7-1 Southeastern Conference) and Grant Nelson scored 15.
Josh Hubbard had a career-high 38 points for Mississippi State (16-5, 4-4) and made a season-high six 3 pointers. KeShawn Murphy scored 18 points for the Bulldogs.
Mississippi State had an opportunity to take the lead in the closing seconds but Murphy missed a running layup with 13 seconds remaining. Alabama missed three straight free throws with 24 seconds remaining to give Mississippi State an opportunity.
Mississippi State jumped out to an 11-5 lead on a pair of 3-pointers by Hubbard in the opening minutes. However, Alabama started to find its range beyond the arc and the Tide used an 8-0 run to grab a 35-27 lead with 5:33 left in the half.
Alabama led 44-39 at halftime.
Alabama: The Crimson Tide improved to 4-0 in SEC road games this season.
Mississippi State: Coach Chris Jans is 0-6 against Alabama since taking over the Bulldogs’ program three years ago.
Alabama hosts Georgia on Saturday. Mississippi State hosts Missouri on Saturday.
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| TOP SCORERS | |||||
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8
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C. Youngblood G | 23PTS | 2REB | 1AST | |
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12
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J. Hubbard G | 38PTS | 0REB | 3AST | |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| C. Youngblood | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| M. Sears | 17 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| G. Nelson | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Omoruyi | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Stevenson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| A. Holloway | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| L. Philon | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| M. Dioubate | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| A. Sherrell | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Reid | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Scharnowski | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 88 | 40 | 18 | 15 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| J. Hubbard | 38 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| C. Harris Jr. | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| M. Nwoko | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| C. Matthews | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| R. Melendez | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| K. Murphy | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| S. Jones Jr. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| R. Kugel | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| D. Warren | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Foumena | – | – | – | – |
| M. Russell | – | – | – | – |
| A. Myers | – | – | – | – |
| H. Alexander | – | – | – | – |
| G. Chol | – | – | – | – |
| T. Jackson III | – | – | – | – |
| E. Paymon | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 84 | 31 | 18 | 18 |